Machine for making confections



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Patented Sept. 2, 1.19241..

FATNT Fiili FRNCESCO GIGLIUTTI, OF SPRINGFIELD,llllLiSSltCI-lllJ'SE'lLUTS.

MACHXNE FR MAKING CONFIIECTIONS.

Application filed April 16, 1923. Serial No. 632,397.

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCESCO GIGLI- oTTr,` a subject of the King ofltaly, residing at Springfield, county of Hampden, CommonwealthV ofMassachusetts, have in-4 vented certain new and useful improve ments inMachines for Making Confections, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in machines for sizing, cutting,forming, em-j bossing or dieing confections, asl candy or other likematerial when 1n a plastic or soft condition and, for insertmgf a stickor the like article into the formed and n- ,ished piece of confectionWvhich is a popular candy commodity at the present time.

Broadly considered, the invention relates dto a machine for the purposeof automatically measuring, or predetermining the length of a piece' ofconfection which is fed into the machine in a continuous strip and aportion is then cut 0E by means of suitable mechanism, giving a uniformand `suitable length or quantity of the article.

i Anotheroperation is in the actuation of plunger members having`suitable shaped dies attached thereto with configurations on theiropposing surfaces so that the upper and lower surfaces of the piece ofconfection will be embossed or a suitable ligure is stamped thereonwhile the -piece of confection is retained in a clamped or pinchedposition by means of the plunger members. Other mechanisms are actuatedfor feeding a sticker holder device for the piece of confection, whichis sharpened at one end and then forced into the embossed or. stampedpiece of confection when it is being. retained or held clamped betweenthe embossing or imprinting plunger members.

The next' operation is that the ,plunger membersl are now' withdrawn# grseparate for'the purpose of releasingthe piece of con- 'fectionwith Vthestick inserted therein, and then; a suitable mechanismautomaticallycomes 'into operation forremoving the linished article from the machinepreferably onto 'a conveyor belt which carries the ,fin-V ished articleto a .suitable packing table or boX. V l

One of the principal objects vofthe present invention is in thesubstitution`of feedingI 'rolls of different Vdiameters'so thatdifferent v lengths of a piece of'lconfectionmay be fed i -into themachineI and fcut foif or severed from theL main supply strip that isbeing fed into the machine. `ltleretofore in this class of machines thelength of the severed pieces was fixed which prevented the insertion ofthe stick if the length of the vpiece was changed.

A. suitable hopper is provided for receiving a supply of the sticks tobe inserted,

and means is provided for agitating or mov- A ing the supply therein sothat only a single stick is fed downward at a time and placed inposition for insertion into the piece of severed confection.

` Referring to the drawings:

Fig. l is aside elevational view showing the upper and lower plungermembers for "clamping the piece of confection, the feed rolls with thecrank adjustment for varying the Jthrow of a pawl device which actuatesthe feed rolls, and the oonveyer belt for carrying away the lfinishedarticle.

Fig. lA is a perspective view`of the finished article.

Fi 2A is a plan view of the machine showing the trough or chute intowhich the strip of confection material to be fed -is placed, the hopperfor the sticks in dotted lines, the operating shafts, the conveyor belt,the driving mechanism, the pawl for 'actuating thefeed rolls, and thecam for operat ing the cutting off mechanism. v

Fig. 3 is a vertical view partiallyin section, showing the upper'andlower clamping and embossing dies with their plungers for actuating thesame, the link construction for actuating the plungers and the shearingorcutting olf mechanism` for removing a definite length of confectionfrom the supply strip.

d holding a piece of confection while/ being stamped,

and when the stick is being inserted. v 4 v v -Figx5 isa sideelevational view of the structure shown in Fig. 4 and illustrating apiece of confection being clamped and the vdies in dotted lines aboveand belowthe same. i

v Fig.` 6 is a plan kview vpartially in' section `substantially on theline (if-6 of Fig. 7 showing. the upper end of the upper plunger member,.the lwer or discharge en hopper in which the sticks are placed and themechanism lfor operating the pushrod of the. I

for pushing a stick forward towards the plungerand into a clamped pieceof confection.

Fig. 7 is an end elevational view partly in section, showingthe feed andremoving mechanism for the sticks in the hopper, the shaker for causingthe sticks to belfed downward in a single row and to prevent theirbecoming clogged in the delivery.

throat of the hopper, also the latch or pivoted gate mechanism forremoving one stick at a time, and another orsafety latch for preventinga stick from interfering' with the feeding of the sticks in the hopper.

Fig. 8 is a detail side elevational view of the cam wheel and the rackand pinion for operating the mechanism for inserting a stick into apiece of confection.

. Fig. 9 is a side elevational view vof the driving mechanism `of themachine viewed from the opposite side of Fig. 1 showing the drivingconnections. l

Fig. 10 is an elevational view showing the,l

v machine at the-discharge end, also showing the main operating cam; thedriving mechanism and the ejector rod for removing the finished articleand means for operating the the main frame.

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Fig. 12c is a detail view of atclutch which will be referred tohereinafter.

13- is an end view of.Fig. 12 looking from the right, showing the shearsand the cam forv operatin the same.

Fig. 14.' is a etail View of the device which receives and pushes thestick to be insertedtoward the severed piecel of con- Fig, 14;A isadetail view of a part of the Istick pusher.

Fig. 15 is a detail view oftli'e removable lparts of one of thelfeed-wheels.

Fig. 16 is anl feed wheels.

Fig."17 is a detail of a modification of the feed wheels showing a"cutting offmechanism. p

Fig. 18 is a perspective view .of the end view of thetrough and Vseveredpiece of confection.

Fig. 1,8A are-detail view. of parts of the Y presser mechanism of Fig.,5.

Fig. l 19 is a view of a modification of one of the feed rollers.

Figs. 20, 21,. 22, and 23 are detail views of themain cam.

.which slot one end of thel connecting -rod 6 at different radia--distances in the slot. 5

is lcated. The' cnnecting pin 7 is placed to vary the angu ar throw ofthe arm 8. -Thisarm is attached to the rod 6 and swings or oscillates onthe shaft 9. 10 is a pawl (see Fig. 1) which is pivotally attached toand carried by the arm 8. This pawl engages'the teeth 11 of the-wheel 11which is attached to the shaft 9; This pawl serves to actuate the feedrolls 2 and 3. The teeth 11 of the wheel 11 engage teeth 11s on thelower wheel 112 which is connected to the shaft 9* (see Fig. 16) andserves to drive the lower feed roll 3. These two rolls therefore turn inopposite directions to feed the y strip 5 of confection into themachine. The

feed rolls 2'and 3 are made removable and' finished confection tuated.

The main operating shaft is indicated at 12 which is driven by the belt68 from the when the rollsV are `acshaft on which the wheel 66 ismounted and is belted to a motor 67 bythe belt 67 (see Fig. 9). The4wheel 66,' is secured to the shaft 69. Lobated in the upperl frameJpart' bossing plate on the lower end lof the plungerrod 14.-. vO'nthisplatea design is formed for impressing a suitable figure on the uppersurface of a piece of confection The shaft 94 drives lthe belt conveyor55 which carries away the encarar (see Fig. 1A) indicatedin dotted linesin Figs. 3, 5, and at 1'6". 17 designates the lower plunger carrying thedie 18 which moves throu h' Athe die plate or holder 19 (see Fig. 10Awhich is secured to the main frame. The mechanism for opera-ting the.two ,plungers 14 and 17 is yshown in Fig. 3.

The plunger 14 is actuated by the link 2() which is connected thereto bymeans of the pivoted nut connection 20', which is carried by a part that,is clamped Ito the p-lunger 14 by the screw 222- see Figs. 1, 3, and12. The link 20 is pivoted at 21 tothe main frame and is pivotallyconnected to a link 22 at 23; its lower end is attached to a bell cranklever 25 at 25. This Vlever 25 is pivoted to the main frame at 252. Theplunger 17 is actuated from the, bell crank 25 by a link 27 which isconnected to a lever 26 at 27 This lever is pivota'lly connected to themain frame at 28. The lever 26 is connected to thel lower plunger 17 bymeans of the slot and pin connection 29. For operating the bell cranklever 25 a cam 12Y (see Figs. 3, 10, 12, 20, 21, 22, 23) @n themain/shaft 12 is provided which is formed with a curved ange 122. ThisHarige passes between the :two rollers 24 and 242 on rthe bell cranklever 25 (see Fig. 10), whereby when this cam is driven, the bell cranklever 25 will oscillate or rock about its 'pivot 252. This will causethe upper and lower ,plunger members 14 and 17 to reciprocate in thesame direction simultaneously, but the upper plunger 14 will travelfaster than the lower one 17 with the result that the piece of fedconfection is caught as it is Jfed torward by the rolls 2 and 3 andpinched or `retained between the two dies 16 and 18 see Fig. 3. Y l

F orv severing a pieceof confection from the strip 5 a cut oftmechanismis employed as indicated in Figs. 3, and 12, at 30. This isact-uated bymeansof thelever 31 pivoted tothe frame at 31 and which .is operated bythe cam 32 (see Fig'. 12). A rod 312 con-` nects the lever 31 and thejaws of the shears that are pivoted to the frame at 313. The cutting offmechanism is actuated when the plungers are at rest. Altho a positivecutod as shown at 30 may be used l do not wish to limit-myself by thisdisclosure as T have found by experiment that the plunger 16 may itselfact as the cut-off when it` descends to pinch and retain the candy.

As a modification of the clamping mechanism shown inFigs. 3 and 4laterally movable clamping jaws 'or plates 33 and 34 may be used toretain the piece `of confection while being embossed bythe dies 16 and18.

These are actuated as before by ythe bell.l

crank -lever 25 which is identicalin construction and operation withthat shown in Fig.

'3. klink 3 5 is pivoted to a bell crank lever 1 at 353v which ispivotothe trame' at (see Fig. 8F)

.sisted by the spring 15 358. This lever actuates the two links 36 and37 which in turn actuate the lingers 38 which are pivot/ed at 38 andengage the confection clamping plates 33 and 34 which cooperate with thedies 16 and 18. Springs 39 automatically return the plates 33 and 34 totheir open position. A rod 382 is connected to the arms 36 and 37 andreciprocates in the recessed block 383. The liange 122 of the cam 12 isso shaped that a rest period occurs when the clamping dies 16 and 18 aredo-wn as shown in' Fig. 3 and after the severing mechanism 30 isoperated. The same rest period occurs when the lates 33' and 34 arepinching the candy.` P ates 33 and 34 not only pinch and compress thecandy thereby' imparting any desired design to the sides thereof, butalso serve to force the candy more irmly into the ldesighs formed onplunger 16. lin practice the operating links for plates 33, 34 are soconnected to bell crank lever 25 that said plates start theirvcompression stroke with or slightly after the downward stroke of plunger16 begins. At this point' in the operationv of the machine one of thesticks 40 (see Fig. 7) in the hopper 41 is removed by means of thepivoted cut ed'. lever or latch 42 permitting the lower most stick 40 to`fall downward through the narrow throat part 43 of the hopper and intothe stick pusher receiving member 44 indicated by the 'stick 4() shownin dotted lines in Fig. 6, one end of the stick resting in the stickpusher ,receiving member 44 and its other or sharpened end resting inthe groove or channel 46 of the bracket piece 47 (see Fig. 14). Thisgives a support for the two ends of the stick 40vwhereby when the pusherrod is actuated by the cam 92 on the disk 9 engagmg the roller 45' (seeig. 8) the stick .will be pushed through the opening. 46 in the bracket47 and into the iece of candy indicated at 16. The

throw o the pusher rod 45 is adjusted by 'no means of 'the bolt and slotconnection 49 see Fig. 7. The expansion spring 50 returns the stickpusher 45. This operation is understoodto take place when the die plates16 and 18 retain the candy in a pinched or clamped position.Aftertheiretnrn ofthe pusher rod and 'the stick having been inserted inthe candy the dies 16 and 18 are separated by the action of the cam 12asand the partsconnected thereto. thus releasin the hold on the piece ofconfection. l At tis point in the operation the ejector mechanism comesinto action for removing the finished article. Thisis shown in Figs. 10,12 and 12 which comprises a rod 51 the upper end of which is connectedto a bell crank lever 5,2 that is pivoted to the main frame at 53.Located within the part 52 is the spring 54, the upper end ofwhich isengaged by the tension adf i. vscrew 54. Locatedbelow the spring ies 54is a plunger 54* which is retained in place by the slot and pinconstruction 545; The part 542 which is clamped to the plunger 14 whenthe plunger 14 travels lupward strikes the plunger 544v of the bellcrank lever 52 causing the rod 51 to be moved laterally and push thefinished piece of confection laterally onto the conveyer belt 55 (seeFig. r10) where it is carried away from the machine ready for packing,when the plunger 14 movesdownward again the ejector rod returns to itsnormal vertical posi-tion by the force of gravity. n

For the purpose of causing' the sticks 40 to pass down through thethroat of the hopper, pins or agitating points 56 project into thethroat of the hopper shown in Fi ..'7. These pins have a verticalmovement w ich causes them to separate the sticks. The pins areconnected to a rod 57 the'lower end of which is connected to a rod 58which is attached, by means of the rod 26 to the lower plunger 17 andtherefore moves up and down with the same. This rod is formed with ashoulder 59 which actuates the lstick cut ed and removing lever 42.`When the rod 58 is elevated by the lever 26 (which as shown in Fi 1, isa continuation of pin and slot connection 29), the stick cut o' lever 42rocked on its pivot 42 is moved away from the lower end -oi' the chute.43 per-v mitting the lowermost stick to fall downward and out the lowerend `of the throat 43, onto the stick pusher 45 as indicated at 44, inFig. 6. This stick is shown in Fig. v10A with one end resting in agroove in the die holder 19. rrlhe stick is now moved towards the pieceof confection 16 by means of the cam `92 onthe disk wheel 9 engaging 65into the the'roller 45 see Fig. 8, which is on the end of the arm 61that 1s attached to the shaft '62. This shaft is attached to 'a pinion63 that meshes with` the rack 63 that carriesl the stick pusher 44. Therack 63 is adjusted by means of the bolt and slot adjustment 49 foradjusting the stick usher. When the rod 58 is lowered the ev ge'59Bstrikes the arm4 42 of thestick cut 0E.

lever 42 and closes the throat 43 of the hopper 41. A safety latch 64 isnormally re-w tained in the position shown by means of the spring65,...l y, The forward upper end of the lever 42 normally rests a instthe side of the hopper 41 as shown. Vhen the part 58 is elevated a stick40; which is now in the position shown in Fig. 10A and 'at 40', Fig.

7 is pushed upward past the upper end of the latch 64 against thetensionl of the spring osition shown at 402. By reference to Flg. 1, itwill be understood that this elevation of part 58 occurs after the stickhas been inserted into the candy and. at the time that plunger rod17 iselevated prior to the ejection of the candy from the machine. It is nowready to be ejected? from the upward stroke, when the part 542 engagesthe part 544 (see Fig. 12A). The stick 51 is now turned about thepivotrpin 5 3.

lThe main pulley is driven'from a suitable motor indicated at 67. Thispulley through `itssprocket chain 68 and pulleyl 68 drives the mainshaft 12 on which the cam 12 and cam disk 9 (see Figs. 1 and'2) areplaced. The ,pulley 66. is secured to the shaft 69. 70 designates asprocket chain connecting the shaft 12 with the shaft 7l on which thecam 32 is mounted see Fig. 9. This cam operates thecutting off shears 30as described. The chain 7 0 passes over a ysprocket wheel 72 (see Figs.2 and 12).- A pin'7 3 on the wheel `72 enters arecess 74 in the cam 32whereby the cam is driven. When the pin is withdrawn the sprocket/'wheel72 runs idle. The in is retained in its inoperative position y means ofa cross pin 75 entering a, recess 76 in vthe sprocket wheel 72.

A spring 77 (see Fig. 12C) is for the purpose of holding the pin 73 inthe recess 74 in its operativel and inoperativepositions. When the cam32 is inoperative by withdrawing the pin 73 `the shears 30` are not thenoperated and' the. feed rollers 2 and 3 simply feed the strip of candymaterial 5 through the machine. rlhe feed rollers2 and 3 are thenprovided with'a registering and cutting 0H or pinching devices 2 and 3as shown in Fig. 17, to engage a tubular `strip of candy 52 which may befilled with now being driven and the pawl 10 idly drops from one'toothto the next on the 'wheel 1l.

Referring to the construction of the main cam 12 shown in Figs'. 2, 10and 12 which operates the bell crank lever 25. which in turn, throughthe link mechanism shown in Fig. 17 operates. the plungers 14 and 17which carry the dies 16 and 18.- The fiat surface 122 on the side of thecam 12 on which the roller 242 of the bell crank lever travels, as them'ain shaft 12 is rotated passes up along the inclined surface 78 causesthe two plungers to approach each other. When the roller 242 reaches theele-- vated fiat surface 79 or the highest part of the circular flatsurface 12, then the die parts 16 and 1 8 will grip or pinch the pieceof confection therebetween as shown in Fi 3. The elevated flat surface.79 causes` a well or rest in the extreme inward moverecare? they remainstationary during the time that the stick pusher 44 operates to insert astick 40 into the piece of confection 16.

As the cam 12 continues its rotation the roller 242 passes. onto anddown the inclined surface 80 and when this' roller leaves the surface 8Oor becomes inoperative a second roller on the bell crank lever 25engages the inclined surface 81. rlihis surface causes the bell cranklever 25 to move in the oppov site direction and separate the plungers14 vand the rod 51 rollersI 2 and 3 are moving and 17 and the dies 16and 18. When the roller ,25" reaches the surface 82 -which is concentricwith the axis, of the shaft 12, the piece of confection 16 is elevatedinto the dotted line position shown in Fig. 3. rlihe ejector mechanismnow comes into operation see lFig. 10) removes 'the confectionI from t eplate 19 with a stick 40 inserted therein, onto the conveyor belt 55,also during the time that thel roller 25 is engaging the concentricsurface 82'the feed a new piece of confection into the machine. rThiscontinues until the roller 242 again reaches the inclined surface 78. Atthis point the roller 25 passes down the inclined surface 83, whereb theoutward travel of the plungers is reac ed. At this point the roller 242again comes into operation and` passesup the surface peated.

at li claim is:

1. lin a machine for the purpose described, the combination with'aclamping plunger which is :movablefor clamping a piece of candy materialof means for feeding candy under the plunger, means for actuating theplunger, the actuating means havin a period of rest, or dwell duringthec am ing operation, means for severing the artic e to beclampled, ahopper to receive sticks there# in whic the nish'ed article andmeans forfeeding the sticks toward the finished article during the clampingoperation said stick feeding mechanism being located in the path or lineof travel of the article and means for removing the finished articleafter the clamping mechanism releases the article.

,2. lin a stick feeding mechanism for the purpose described, a hopperlfor receiving the stickssgitating devices for causing the sticks to befed downward one at a time, a stick pusher mechanism located below thedischarge end ofthe hopper, a'device for supporting the forward end ofthe stick `when the same is moved towardy the article into which it isto beinserted,l the pusher mechanismbeing located in the longitudinalline of travel of the article. v

3. lin a machine of the type described, the combination, of a singlepair 'pf feed rolls for feeding a continuous stri of the confactionv tothe machine, sai rolls being 78 when the operation is -re-- foed withprojections for engaging the strip, means for' intermittently actuatingthe rolls', means for severing pieces of the confaction from the stripand means including oppositeiy movable dies for simultaneously clampingthe severed strip to impart a design thereto.

4. lin a machine of th'etype described, the combination of a pair offeed rolls for feeding a strip of confection to the machine, said rolls-being formed with projections to engage the strip, means forVintermittently actuating the rolls, means2 for severing a portion ofthev confection from the strip, means including oppositely movable diesfor simultaneously clamping the severed strip, and 4means'for insertinga stick like article finto the confection while in a clamped position.

51. 1n a machine of the type described, the combination with a pair ofplungers,` means for actuating the plungers, for clamping a piece ofconfection and means for momentarily retaining'the plungers in aclamping position, said means 'includingl a main drive shaft, a camthereon, a bell 'crank lever common to the pair 'of plungers, andoperated by the cam, connecting mechanism being so constructed that oneplunger travels faster than the other and in the same direction. v

6. 1n a machine of the type described, the combination with a air ofclamping devices to retain a piece o confection, means for inserting astick'like article into the conn fection while in a clamped position,said .means including a hopper 'into which said sticks are located, acut off member for closing the, outlet of the hopper and actuated fromthe plunger actuating mechanism, a device for inserting the stick intothe confection including. a reciprocating member and arack and piniondevice for actuating are designed to be inserted intop said' member.

7. lin a machine forthe 'purpose described Ithe combination, with ahopper for receiving ay supply of sticks designed to be inserted into aiece of confection, a delivery throat for the sticks, an' agitator Jinthe throat for causing the sticks to fall in a single row down thedelivery throat, a'latch member for controllin the delivery .of sticksfrom the hopper si operatively connected to ythe agitating mechanism anda second spring controlled latch designed to' be directly operated bythe stick after itV isrinserted in the pieceof confection andi-ustbefore its removal fromv the machine, as described.

8. lin a machine ofthe combinationy with a pair of article clampingplungers, means for moving the plungers 1n opposite directions to clampthe article,

means for feeding the materialtto be clamped thereto, means for'-retainingthe plungers in a c1amping position while an article as yastickisinserted into the material, means type described, the v actuatedby one ofthe clamping plungers for-removing,` the finished article andstick therein after the' clamping mechanism is withdrawn, including anejector and conkind described, including v t9 the opposite ends of thebell-crank lever and to the plungers, the connecting means being locatedat diiferent distances form a pivotal center of the lever, whereby oneplunger 'travels faster than the other.

10. A stick feeding mechanism comprising a hopper to receive the sticks,a delivery passage for the sticks, a pivoted member for permitting onestick at a time to be ,removed from the passage, a latch for permittingthe lstick to pass by the same in one direction only after the stick isremoved and is then placed in a position for removal from the machine. 1

11. A stick pusher mechanism comprising a member for receiving one endofthe stick, a member for' receiving the other end, a cam, a 'rollerengaging the cam, an arm carrying the roller, a rack operated from thearm for moving the member which receives the end of the stick. f

12. A. mechanism for inserting a stick into a piece of confection andcomprising in combination withfa clamping devlce for the confection, ahopper forcontaining a supply of the sticks, means for removing onestick at a time trom the hopper, means for aligning the stick after itsremoval with the piece of confection, means for inserting the stick,means for actuating the clamping device to release the confection afterthe stick is inserted Vand' means for removing the confection and itsinsertedl stick from the machine, said last mentioned means comprisingax part on the clamping device and a part i pivotally attached to themachine.

13: In combination, a hopper therefor to recelve a supply of sticks andhaving a discharge outlet, a platform on which the lowermost sticknormally rests, a device for engaging this stick to remove it'from thehopper and from the platform to permit it to drop onto a stick receivingmember, a reciprocating member for operating the stick removing devicein two directions; one to open and the other to close the hopper, alatch, the reciprocating member serving to move the stick pastthe latchand 'into a position to be removed 7from the' machine, and means `forremoving the stick from the machine.

M "In combination, a hop er therefor to receive a supply of sticks anhaving a discharge outlet, a platform on which the lowermost sticknormally rests, a device for/engagingthis stick to removeit from thehopper and from the platform to permit it to l drop onto a stickreceiving member, a reciprocating member for operating the stickremoving device in two directions; one to open and the other to closethe hopper, a latch, the reciprocating member serving to move the stickpast the latch and into a position to be removed from the machine, andmeans for removing the stick from the machine, said latch also servingto prevent the return of the stick onto the stick receivingmember.l

15. In combination', a hopper therefor to i 'moved fr'om the machine,and means for removing the stick from the machine, said stick removingmeans including af member which. isactuated with the reciprocatingmember.

16. In a machine for the purpose described, the combination with a cam,an operating shaft on which the cam is located, said cam having twooperatin surfaces on which rollers travel for operating a pair of pluners, one ofthe surfaces servmg tomove the ungers toward each other andthe other sur ace serving to move the lungers away from each other andconnecting mechanism between the rollers and the lungers.

17. in a machine for forming confections, means for feeding a strip ofconfection into the machine including a pair of rollers,a die plate overwhich the strip of confection is fed, a pair of plungers cooperatingwith the die plate to move a portion of the confection into the dieplate for forming or shaping the finished article, means for actuatingthe plungers 'including a cam link mechanism between the plungers andthe cam, the cam having two operating surfaces one for movin theplungers toward each other and the ot er for separating the plungers,the latter surface acting in a dlrectlon that is radial 't0 the cam andthe former surface in a direction that is lateral.

18. lin-combination, a shaft, a cam thereon having two cam surfaces, apair of plungers, a bell crank lever, connecting mechanism between theplungers and the bell crank 1ever, two rollers'on the said lever forengaging the cam tracks, the cam surface being so arranged that during aportion of its rota.-

tionone of the cam surfaces will cause the plungers to move toward. eachother and atome? during the remainder of its rotation the plungers willmove away from each other, said cam surfaces each havinga part whichimparts a dwell or rest in the movements of the plungers at therespective ends of its travel.

19. ln combination, a main shaft, a member thereon formed with two mttracks, a lever, two rollers on the lever, one roller engaging one ofthe tracks and the other roller engaging the other track, tworeciprocating members, connecting devices between the members and thelever, the formation and location'of the cam tracks being such that whenthe member is rotated the two reciprocating members will be movedtowards each other during a portion of the rotation and during theremainder of the rotation the members will be moved away from eachother, and rest periods during the operation of the member.

20. In a confection molding machine, in combinatlon, a stationary table,means for intermittently feeding a bar of confection material onto andover said table,means for severing a piece of confection from the bar,verticall movable presser means for moldmg sai 4piece of] confection,side presser 'means movable substantially at right angles ing confectionmaterial beneath the molding mechanism, means for ressing the sides ofAthe confection while it 1s held by the molding mechanism, means for.operating the moldin mechanism and sidepremers and means for inserting astick into the confection, while held by the molding mechanism and sidepressers.

22. ln a candy forming machine, in combination, a table, a lungermovable in said table, means for fee ing candy material over saidplunger, a second plunger movable ver# tically over mid first mentionedplunger, means for moving both said plungers towards each other tocompress thecandy between them and means for compressing the sides ofthe candy, said last mentioned means being operable substantially atright angles to the said plungers.

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